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News24 reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) has rubbished claims by the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) that there is a crisis because not all police officers have been paid overtime for the extra hours they worked during the general elections.
Popcru’s Richard Mamabolo said that when the union met the various stakeholders days before the elections, an agreement was made that police officials would work two 12-hour shifts, and any hours after that would be considered overtime. "Popcru requested reports from all provinces as to how many officers have still not received their overtime pay. We have had complaints mainly from KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. This is a matter we are closely looking at.” According to the union, the number of overtime hours members worked varied, with some members having worked up to 36 hours over and above their normal shifts. Echoing Popcru's sentiments, the SA Policing Union’s (SAPU’s) Jabu Mabena said they were also concerned that the SAPS had taken almost a month to pay the overtime due to police officers. Meanwhile, SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said there was "no crisis" regarding the officers' payment and that 66% of the payments had already been paid out to the various police officers countrywide. "We are still busy with payments. We are on track, and we request that members be patient. Police members will get what is due to them," Mathe indicated. She added the SAPS expected all overtime money to be paid to members by the first week of July.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisalee Solomons at News24
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